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for his birthday there were going to do a big thing. it was going to be a big surprise. they get hundreds of thousands of these every week. they have a strong following. every year to a takeover youtube with people taking over youtube about what is awesome in the world. youtube has partnered with them. it has been amazing. it has increased awareness for all of these organizations. to speak to his birthday, on his birthday last year, johnson, hank, you are 30. i realize you do not like many things. you do not like stuff. i did not know what to get you. but then i remembered you like oxygen. for your 30th birthday, we have planted 20,000 trees in your name. then he showed a 10 minute video of people in iraq, all over the united states, almost every continent except antarctica. this beautiful music of people planting trees with signs a said happy birthday, hank. we work with them in the aftermath of the earthquake in haiti. we worked with all of these different people. we reached out to everyone we possibly new including j.k. rowling who sent us seven harry potter bucks. we
for his birthday there were going to do a big thing. it was going to be a big surprise. they get hundreds of thousands of these every week. they have a strong following. every year to a takeover youtube with people taking over youtube about what is awesome in the world. youtube has partnered with them. it has been amazing. it has increased awareness for all of these organizations. to speak to his birthday, on his birthday last year, johnson, hank, you are 30. i realize you do not like many...
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host: a big push from republicans on balanced-budget amendment. that issue has come back to the forefront in the gop terms. what is your reaction t that, eir current mantra? guest: i think the balanced budget amendment might be the worst idea -- would not say ever, but it is pretty terrible. putting a cap on total spending -- i think the house is saying 80% of gdp -- that would cripple government. it would require massive cuts to existing services, up to 70%, but it would -- in the ent of recession or war, it would sharply limit what the united states could actually do. i do not imagine -- quick spending for military action -- i do not imagine that happening at all. requiring the 2/3 votes for tax increases would put this in the same situation as california is right now. they are virtually not capable of dealing with their budget problems because it requires a 2/3 majoty to pass a tax measure. that has crippled the government. host: conn carroll? guest: do i have to? [laughter] i am not against the balanced budget. i think it is a way to kick the
host: a big push from republicans on balanced-budget amendment. that issue has come back to the forefront in the gop terms. what is your reaction t that, eir current mantra? guest: i think the balanced budget amendment might be the worst idea -- would not say ever, but it is pretty terrible. putting a cap on total spending -- i think the house is saying 80% of gdp -- that would cripple government. it would require massive cuts to existing services, up to 70%, but it would -- in the ent of...
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big bears. big salmon. i came back at superintendent as mount ranier. i had hawaii, guam and the sierras. i was asked to come back and serve as the 18th director. i went through senate confirmation and have been back here since. >> earlier this year, there was three hikers in yosemite that went through a waterfall and presumed to be dead. what the park system doing to keep them safe? guest: the experience was very tragic. i hate to hear about those things. in our job, we are to inform the public to protect themselves from these hazards. it's really not our job to fence off the hazards of the national park. part of that is part of the experience. to see wild america, at least as much that we can create. in the case of the myrtle falls incident, there is a barrier and signs. unfortunately, these individuals crossed those, entered the water, slipped and went over the falls. it's incredibly tragic. we will renew our efforts to warn the public about these thing. yosemite this time of year would have very, very low water flows. because of all the snow, we got
big bears. big salmon. i came back at superintendent as mount ranier. i had hawaii, guam and the sierras. i was asked to come back and serve as the 18th director. i went through senate confirmation and have been back here since. >> earlier this year, there was three hikers in yosemite that went through a waterfall and presumed to be dead. what the park system doing to keep them safe? guest: the experience was very tragic. i hate to hear about those things. in our job, we are to inform the...
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>> tom, you made the case of why to big to fail is a problem. but in talking about how you discourage or stop it, at least in the oral remarks you put emphasis on bringing back glass-steagall. what about size caps? if you are worried about size, that is the most direct way and you could argue well, even with glass-steagall you could get mergers, very large institutions, $2 trillion. they could lose their money on cni loans rather than investment banking. what about size katz, 3% to 4% of gdp, and that half a dozen u.s. institutions would be already above the cap and would have to come down over some period. you also have much bigger capital surcharges than what was agreed to over the weekend. that would be another way to i am just curious as to why he chose the glass-steagall route as opposed to the other routes for discouraging to big to fail? >> we did it and think about size. but part of what we thought about its size it isn't really the factory -- it is one of the factors, but not the primary factor. it is the nature of the risk -- whether y
>> tom, you made the case of why to big to fail is a problem. but in talking about how you discourage or stop it, at least in the oral remarks you put emphasis on bringing back glass-steagall. what about size caps? if you are worried about size, that is the most direct way and you could argue well, even with glass-steagall you could get mergers, very large institutions, $2 trillion. they could lose their money on cni loans rather than investment banking. what about size katz, 3% to 4% of...
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there is a big push towards college access. we want people to be able to get to college if they want to, however we need to pay more attention to retention, making sure people can afford to stay in college wants to get there. all of those loans, they can some day pay off by putting their degree to work. there is an entrance and exit interview process in the federal student loan program, but if that is all of the literacy you are getting, you will probably have that rude awakening. this goes back to the idea of a partnership, financial institutions, educational institutions, and in the home helping to teach kids about money. host: financial literacy group did a survey for the university of arizona and as people are interested in finding out more, what is your website? guest: www.financialliteracygroup.com and we have a facebook page and we can answer your questions. host: dan iannicola, thank you for your time. 2012 white house coverage, we are taking an event in michigan. we will bring that to you and you can find out more abou
there is a big push towards college access. we want people to be able to get to college if they want to, however we need to pay more attention to retention, making sure people can afford to stay in college wants to get there. all of those loans, they can some day pay off by putting their degree to work. there is an entrance and exit interview process in the federal student loan program, but if that is all of the literacy you are getting, you will probably have that rude awakening. this goes...
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what is the troop strength, the terrorist trained, how big is it? are the weapons coming through sudan or are any of them coming from china? with regards to the pirates, the doctor pointed out in his testimony and others have pointed out as well that there needs to be a land solution. i think that is obvious, but if you could touch on that. we will do all the questions -- >> deputy secretary, if i could ask this question -- when the last administration left office, there was an internal debate about whether eritrea should be designated as a state sponsor of terrorism for its support of al- sabah. it did not happen at the time, but just after she left government service, the former assistant secretary wrote a good piece in though wall street journal with these seem of eritrea should be listed as a state sponsor of terrorism. we have the u.n. reports citing their support and the case is cut and dry. the assistant secretary testified flat out that the government of eritrea continues to supply missions to extremist elements -- we are trying to put them
what is the troop strength, the terrorist trained, how big is it? are the weapons coming through sudan or are any of them coming from china? with regards to the pirates, the doctor pointed out in his testimony and others have pointed out as well that there needs to be a land solution. i think that is obvious, but if you could touch on that. we will do all the questions -- >> deputy secretary, if i could ask this question -- when the last administration left office, there was an internal...
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it is a big surprise, but we should have known a couple of months ago. you have gotten pretty good at this covert ps stuff. [laughter] vice president, colleagues, friends, and family, thank you for being here today. i would like to congratulate leon panetta on his recent confirmation. after the 2008 election, he wrote an op-ed suggesting president obama retain me as secretary of defense. when president obama announced for my recommendation as a successor, i returned the favor. this country is fortunate that a statesman of his caliber and experience has agreed to serve again and at such an important time. my parting advice for leon is to give his -- get his office just the way he likes it because he may be here longer than he thinks. i would like to thank the members of congress here today. appreciate the gracious and supportive treatment afforded to me by representatives of both parties. even when there were disagreements over policies and priorities, congress always came through for our men and women in uniform, especially for programs that protect and
it is a big surprise, but we should have known a couple of months ago. you have gotten pretty good at this covert ps stuff. [laughter] vice president, colleagues, friends, and family, thank you for being here today. i would like to congratulate leon panetta on his recent confirmation. after the 2008 election, he wrote an op-ed suggesting president obama retain me as secretary of defense. when president obama announced for my recommendation as a successor, i returned the favor. this country is...
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>> there's a big future. there's a deep future. the one that want for. so that is the future where we are all able to freely communicate our hearts and dreams, share information about the world with each other and the historical record is an item that is completely sack sacrosanct. it would never be changed, never be modified, never be deleted, and that we will steer of course away from the victim of he who controls the purses present controls the past. so that is something that is my life long quest to do. and from that, justice flows because most of us have an instinct for justice and most of us are reasonably intelligent. and if we can communicate with each other, organize and not be op pressed and not know what's going on pretty much the rest falls out. in the short term, it is that my staff stop hasling me to tell me to go. >> >> i wish you all the bevs another even more beautiful mission. [applause] >> here is a look at our schedule for this afternoon. next, a discussion with legal scholars on the 2010-2011 supreme court term and what's ahead for t
>> there's a big future. there's a deep future. the one that want for. so that is the future where we are all able to freely communicate our hearts and dreams, share information about the world with each other and the historical record is an item that is completely sack sacrosanct. it would never be changed, never be modified, never be deleted, and that we will steer of course away from the victim of he who controls the purses present controls the past. so that is something that is my...
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and being too big to fail requires allowing a cfi to fail. the second part of the act empowers the fed and the fdic to reduce the affect on the system in the event of a failure to tools such as liquidation of authority and approve a resolution planning. the federal reserve is working with the fdic to thecfis prepare for resolution by adopting living wills. the joint rule is expected this summer. reducing the likelihood of a severe crisis requires strengthening the resilience of markets an infrastructure. toward that end, provisions to improve the transparency and stability of the derivatives market and strength since he th -- strengthens the parts of the infrastructure. we and other agencies are moving this work for in consultation with the corporate foreign regulators. u.s. agencies are working to address structural weaknesses in areas not as easily addressed by the at, such as taconic repo -- such as the repo market. the fed is committed to the promulgation of rules that are sensible, protect smaller community institutions, and promote the
and being too big to fail requires allowing a cfi to fail. the second part of the act empowers the fed and the fdic to reduce the affect on the system in the event of a failure to tools such as liquidation of authority and approve a resolution planning. the federal reserve is working with the fdic to thecfis prepare for resolution by adopting living wills. the joint rule is expected this summer. reducing the likelihood of a severe crisis requires strengthening the resilience of markets an...